The snow went away & the sun came out resulting in beautiful fall weather [rather than winter] but the Clinton’s Asiatic beetles [government lady bugs] also returned. Somewhat unnerving sitting at breakfast and watching one of the invasive pests on top of the coffee cup.
Ira Lynch who recently had shoulder surgery fell and now has a very bad shiner.
Alex Stanley Bain, age 56, of Great Cacapon passed away. He was a son of the late Ralph & Patty Hopkins Bain and a grandson of Bob & Gladys Hopkins & Lawson Bain. He worked for Frontier Communications.
The climate hoax folks held a big international meeting in Brazil where a huge swath of jungle (rain forest) had to be eliminated to make the special four lane road for the environmentally conscious who all came on their private jets. The green weenies took a big hit when Bill Gates said, in essence, it had been all hype and that a warmer planet would not be a bad thing. The Rockefeller Family Fund lawyer bragged about winning a plastics case in California and he noted that the intent is to dismantle the oil & gas industry by using the court system and bypassing the voters.
Rev. Tim Davis’s sermon was on sloth and the evil caused by government programs that promote indolence. It was noted that there were 17 million on food stamps before the Biden regime and now there are 42 million although research has shown that there are several dead folks drawing “the benefits”. Perhaps there are food stamp offices near Machpelah and Forest Lawn. St. Paul said, in effect, that if you don’t work then you don’t eat. A recent study showed that the #1 item purchased by food stamps is sugary drinks.
Joe Lantz who formerly worked for the DHHR was inquiring about Charles Russell. Joe Lantz was one of those go to fellows when one needed straight answers. He later was involved in home health.
Blackstone announced that the firm is going to build a power plant in Harrison County to provide power to Maryland, Virginia & Delaware. First Energy also said that they plan a gas powered power plant in West Virginia.
Ergon the local buyer of Pennsylvania grade crude oil announced a $400 million upgrade to their refinery in Congo, West Virginia [Hancock County].
Chevron [Standard Oil of California] announced that their big AI facility will be built in west Texas.
Consol Energy [the coal part of the Rockefeller empire] announced that they will start recovering rare earth minerals from coal and coal waste in Pennsylvania & West Virginia. Some time back the green weenies shut down such operations allowing Dictator Xi’s China to be the only source of the critical minerals. Folks traveling to the north of Creston noted the very large number of trucks hauling brine for “disposal”. It would seem that there is an opportunity for an entrepreneur to recover valuable minerals from the brine. The Kanawha Valley and the local area, as well as Mason County, were big in the salt business. Booker T. Washington got his start at Kanawha Salines as did many chemical plants.
The governor for some reason has decided to “play a shell game”. First it was a big thing that the county taxes one paid on vehicles would be refunded by the W. Va. State Tax Department since no one liked “the car tax”. Now he has a plan to do away with that program and take the money set aside by the legislature to reduce state income tax and he plans to call a special session next month. Folks need to talk to their state senators and delegates to show voter concern.
Rev. Craig Blankenship was the minister at Burning Springs is now in the hospital with cellulitis.
The recent talk has shown that “The Affordable Care Act” [Obamacare] is not affordable and is an abject failure but it has caused untold damage to the health care system with Exhibit “A” being the expansion of West Virginia University’s health care business and the elimination of any and all competition. It has been noted that the well connected ones became very rich which obviously was an intended plan. $$$ went to certain insurance companies whether or not “services” were used or that folks knew they existed.
The price of local Pennsylvania grade crude oil is $59.09/bbl. With condensate fetching $41.09/bbl. And Marcellus & Utica light fetching $48.09/bbl. Natural gas [elsewhere] rose to $4.57/MMBTU.
